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Microsoft outlines Vista SP1 in 17-page changelog
10 December 2007, 10:33
Want to know exactly what will be changing under the hood of Microsoft's Windows Vista when release candidate 1 of its first service pack launches this week? Find out in ...
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Yahoo Messenger for Vista now available
6 December 2007, 16:46
After being announced what seems like many years ago, Yahoo finally releases its Messenger client for Windows Vista. After so many months of development however, it still needs a lot ...
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DivX 6.8 promises 50 per cent HD speed-up for multi-core CPUs
6 December 2007, 10:16
That's what the change-log proclaims.
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Windows Vista SP1 release candidate ready to roll
5 December 2007, 19:51
Announced on Microsoft's official Windows Vista Blog, the release candidate of its forthcoming Service Pack 1 has been made available via Microsoft Connect and will be available to the public ...
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Adobe launches new Flash products
5 December 2007, 11:46
Bringing HD quality video and audio to its products, Flash Media Server 3 and an update to Flash Player 9 are now available from Adobe.
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Microsoft hoping to increase Vista adoption via piracy?
4 December 2007, 12:25
The anti-piracy system featured in Microsoft's Windows Vista, commonly known as Windows Genuine Advantage, is set to lose its ability to degrade usability. After the deployment of Windows Vista Service ...
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Google has plans galore for Google Apps in 2008
3 December 2007, 10:37
At an event in Ann Arbor last week, Google gave an insight into the future of Google Apps and what it'll have in store for 2008.
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Windows Live Messenger's not so private beta
29 November 2007, 17:38
A few days ago, I had an e-mail from Microsoft stating I'd been invited to be part of a "select group" getting an exclusive preview of the next Windows Live ...
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Firefox 3 Beta 1 now available
21 November 2007, 10:22
Mozilla's ever popular browser has reached Beta 1 of version 3 and has been made available for testing purposes.
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Windows Vista Ultimate becoming less Ultimate by the day
14 November 2007, 20:23
Users of Microsoft's Windows Vista Ultimate have been asking the same question repeatedly since the operating system launched early this year; whatever happened to those Ultimate Extras?
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Register your @live.xx e-mail address now
7 November 2007, 09:34
Did you fail to get yourname@hotmail.co.uk or yourname@gmail.com? Better act fast as Microsoft have now opened up registration for live.co.uk e-mail addresses.
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Windows Live Wave 2 finally available, x64 support at last!
6 November 2007, 08:58
Seems like we've been using beta versions of Microsoft's Live Suite since as far back as we can remember. Until now that is.
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The world keeps on folding, HEXUS enters top 500
3 November 2007, 17:21
Stanford's Folding@Home distributed computing operation has been in the news this week for hitting over 1 petaflop and entering the record books. In the same week, the HEXUS.community's team of ...
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WHOIS faces the axe
30 October 2007, 11:55
A growing group of net privacy advocates is presurring Internet overseer ICANN into scrapping WHOIS, the web's domain-name 'phone book'.
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Major Mac OS X Leopard SMB bug solved!
26 October 2007, 22:07
Soon after deploying OS X Leopard on a series of iMacs, we noticed some worrying behaviour when trying to connect securely to SMB shares. Happily, though, HEXUS discovered a workaround ...
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Installing Windows XP
20 October 2007, 00:00
Installing Windows from scratch for the first time can be a daunting experience. Usually you’ve just successfully built your first home-made PC and the last thing you need is for ...
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Setup up Windows XP with a RAID driver
20 October 2007, 00:00
When installing Windows XP, most of the time you’ll find that it has the basic drivers it needs to install itself. However, sometimes you might need to intervene. This tends ...
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What is the state of play with Ageia's PhysX - 18 months after launch?
17 October 2007, 09:46
HEXUS first examined Ageia's PhysX proposition in April 2006. With WARMONGER and UNREAL TOURNAMENT 3 itching to go, Ageia asked HEXUS.tv to create a promo-feature that brings their complete story ...
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Apple now taking pre-orders for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
16 October 2007, 14:07
Apple's Mac OS X Leopard is shipping on October 26th and promises over 300 new features. Pre-orders start today....
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Vivendi claims iTunes contract is 'indecent'
26 September 2007, 11:38
There may be trouble ahead... For either Vivendi or Apple, or even both as Vivendi fail to reach an agreement on contract terms for selling their music through Apple's iTunes ...
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Excel can't multiply - Major bug found
25 September 2007, 10:32
It's a given that every major software release, being the complex things that they are, has a few bugs here and there... but this multiplication bug in Excel 2007 is ...
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Intel CTO Shares Vision for 3D WEB
24 September 2007, 09:54
Named 'Scientist of the Year' back in 1989, Justin Rattner is a surprisingly warm and friendly character - with the kind of long term strategic vision that means he knows ...
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Hands-on fiddle with Nero 8 burning suite
21 September 2007, 08:00
V8 of the Nero media-burning suite is due October 1. We go hands on to check out the improved usability and to try to figure out if its backup is ...
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Microsoft releases Silverlight 1.0, pledges Linux support
5 September 2007, 11:49
Operating system conjurer Microsoft has today officially delivered the first release of Silverlight, its answer to Flash, AJAX and friends.
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The aftermath of the Skwypeout
20 August 2007, 15:13
VoIP provider Skype suffered a loss of service last week that lasted two days, leaving end users - including businesses - without VoIP services. Skype's come forward with a reason ...
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64-bit Operating Systems
14 July 2007, 00:00
This HEXUS.help guide explains the essentials required to run a 64-bit operating system and native 64-bit applications on a modern 64-bit capable PC system.
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Windows Recovery
14 July 2007, 00:00
Sometimes, things go a little wrong and your PC simply won’t boot. Even safe mode won’t play ball. What to do? There are a few things you can try before ...
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Windows XP startup items
14 July 2007, 00:00
Computers have a limited amount of RAM. Granted, that amount increases with every new PC generation, but as it does, new programs demand more of that RAM. Run low on ...
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0-day vulnerability in Firefox... or is it IE?
11 July 2007, 09:22
Security researchers have been feverishly blogging about a new cross-browser vulnerability that involves using IE to launch Firefox, which then executes arbitrary JavaScript in the foxy open-source software.
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Apple offers Safari browser for Windows - and it's fast!
12 June 2007, 13:22
The latest beta of Apple's Safari 3.0 web browser is available now - and in a version for Windows, as well as for Macs!
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Review: DivX Stage6 (beta) - the high-def rival to YouTube
1 May 2007, 15:03
Stage6 - DivX's advanced rival to video-sharing sites such as YouTube - is now in its beta development phase. Bob Crabtree checks out quality and usability and assesses its prospects
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I'm A (Flash) Survivor - Corsair's Newest USB 2.0 Flash Drive
30 April 2007, 20:18
I'm A (Flash) Survivor - Corsair's Newest USB 2.0 Flash Drive.
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